Hello, I am new to this group and I have a newly diagnosed cat who is 13 years old named Cooper. He has been very sick and when we first took him in, tested positive for ketoacidosis. He spent several days in intensive care and has improved significantly with no current traces of ketones in his urine. He is however, still not eating well at all and has recently started vomiting each day. He spent last night at the vets office on a fluid I.V. and they told us he had become dehydrated. I am giving him subcutaneous I.V.'s at home as well as two insulin injections per day. We have to force feed him with syringes with each injection which he hates and it's not at all pleasant. We will do whatever it takes to get him recovered to have a full life but I feel that the vomiting has more to do than with dehydration. Has anyone ever seen vomiting as a reaction to insulin and if so what did you do? Also, I am concerned because our vet has been wonderful but he has our cat on Humilin N which I am now reading is not good for cats. Any advice? Thanks so much! confused_cat
New member and newly diagnosed diabetic cat. Need help!!
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Wendy&Tiggy(GA)
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Hello and welcome to the board!
Sorry you are having such problems with your kitty. Are you testing for ketones at home? You are correct we don't like that insulin here since its so hard on cats system. How much are you giving?
Are you home testing his blood? Vomiting could be from too low blood sugar now especially if he is not eating, although there are many issues that can cause that.
Wendy
Sorry you are having such problems with your kitty. Are you testing for ketones at home? You are correct we don't like that insulin here since its so hard on cats system. How much are you giving?
Are you home testing his blood? Vomiting could be from too low blood sugar now especially if he is not eating, although there are many issues that can cause that.
Wendy
Sue and Oliver (GA)
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Have you changed food lately? Some kitties have trouble switching from dry to wet.
If you want to learn how to home test, we can teach you over the Internet. Then you would know what the insulin is doing. It might be that it is taking him too low and is that why he is vomiting. Humulin tends to be pretty harsh, taking them low earlyin the cycle and not lasting very long.
If you want to learn how to home test, we can teach you over the Internet. Then you would know what the insulin is doing. It might be that it is taking him too low and is that why he is vomiting. Humulin tends to be pretty harsh, taking them low earlyin the cycle and not lasting very long.
Thank you so much for your replies! No, I am so new to this I have not been doing any home testing. I am pretty proficient at force feeding and giving the insulin injections and now the i.v. but the rest is so new to me. I think you are on to something as far as the change from dry to wet food. Our former vet had always recommended dry food only so for years that's all our Cooper kitty has eaten. Now he has to eat this horrible wet food (Science Diet A.D. critical care) which I have to feed him a minimum of 16 syringe fulls per day. He hates it! Another thing we started seeing is that he did appear to be having hypoglycemic symptoms which the vet had warned us to watch for. He went from an initial bg of 655 from the first diagnosis down to 55 this past week so something is definitely going on. I am taking him back in this morning so I will update soon. I am going to talk to the vet about switching to a different insulin. What seems to be the general consensus here as the best kind to use? Also, is there a recommended food that might be better for him? Thanks so much everyone!
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